ALL-TIME HARLEM GLOBETROTTER ROSTER
ANGEL ACUNA - Arizona, (197?-19??) In the American Association of Deaf Hall of Fame MELVIN ADAMS - San Jose Christian College (19??-current) BACARI ALEXANDER - Detroit (1999-current) LAWRENCE "ROCK" ANDERSON ORLANDO "HURRICANE" ANTIGUA - Pittsburgh (199?-current) First known Latin Trotter JESSE ARNELLE - Penn State (195?-19??) MORRIS L. ARTHUR - ROBERT ASTON - GEORGE ATKINS - HUBERT "GEESE" AUSBIE - Philander Smith (1961-1985) In his senior year, he was third in the nation in scoring CLYDE "THE GLIDE" AUSTIN - North Carolina State (198?-198?) REGINALD "RICKY" AYALA - Michigan State (1954-55) FRANKLIN REGINALD AYERS - Morris Brown (195?-195?) WILLIAM BARNES - FLOYD BATES - Central HS, Flint, MI (19??-19??) Played 3 years with team KENNY BATTLE - Illinois (199?-199?) Member of Illinois' Final Four team, played in the NBA, currently an Assistant Coach DONALD BARNETTE - ALBERT BEARD - CURTIS BELL - Morris Brown (1960-19??) WILLIE BELL - North Carolina A&T (19??-19??) JIMMY BLACKLOCK - (1970's) LARRY BLEACH - Detroit U. (195?-19??) RULEN BOLEN - JAMIE BOOKER - Washington WYATT "SONNY" BOSWELL - Scott High, Toledo, OH (1939-194?) MVP of the 1940 World Championship Tournament, great shooter JOSEPH BOURNE - NATE BRANCH - (196?-197?) Nebraska JOHN BRITTO - ERNEST BROCK - Virginia State (196?-19??) TOMMY BROOKINS - Wendall Phillips High, Chicago, IL (1927-???) Original Trotter from Savoy Big Five BILL BROWN - (19??-19??) played on first tour of Europe in 1952 GEORGE RAFF BROWN - HILLARY BROWN - Wendall Phillips High, Chicago, IL (1927-19??) Original Trotter RICKEY BROWN - Mississippi State (197?-19??) THOMAS "CHOCHISE" BROWN - ??? (195?-19??) WILLIAM BROWN - Ohio U. (1979-19??) HALLIE BRYANT - Indiana (1957-70) Also attended Crispus Attucks High in Indianapolis JOE BUCKHALTER - BOYD BUIE - Tennessee State (1946-1955) One-armed Trotter who played on first tour of Europe in 1952 WALTER BURCH, JR. - FRANK BURKS - Played in ABL with Saperstein's Chicago Majors STANLEY "CHICO" BURRELL - EDWARD BURTON - Michigan State (196?-19??) DONALD BYRD - Howard U. (193?-19??) ROY BYRD - Patten College (1998-current) HOWARD CAMPBELL - WILLIE CAMPBELL - MARC CARTER - San Diego State WILLIE CERF - WILT CHAMBERLAIN - Kansas (1958-59) Also played with them several summers in Europe during NBA off-season JOHN "BILL" CHAVERS - (19??-19??) Became high school coach who won AAA state crown in Ohio NATHANIEL CHISHOLM - WALLY CHOICE - Penn State (198?-19??) GEORGE CLARK - ZACK CLAYTON - Philadelphia, PA (1932-44)? In Philadelphia Hoops HOF NAT "SWEETWATER" CLIFTON - Xavier (LA) (1947-50) Played in Trotters' win over Minneapolis Lakers. Chicago DuSable High - also played with Rens and one of NBA's first blacks. Played in ABL with Saperstein's Chicago Majors ALVIN CLINKSCALES - KEVIN COATES - JESSE COFFEY - ELVIN COKER - TROY COLLIER - Utah State (1964-67) LEO COLLINS - CHUCK COOPER - Duquesne (1945-50) Went on to play for the Celtics ROBERT COOPER - OPAL "SHAG" COURTNEY - Roosevelt HS, Gary, IN (19??-19??) ROBERT CROWE - LANCE CUDJOE - LAWRENCE CUDJOE - ROSCOE "DUKE" CUMBERLAND, SR. - Scott High, Toldeo OH (1935-5?) Played for Trotters' 1940 World Champs & long-time Captain ROSCOE "DUKE" CUMBERLAND, JR. - Scott High, Toledo, OH (19??-19??) Son of Trotter pioneer TOM "JOE" CUNNINGHAM - DAN DAVIS - MEL "KILLER" DAVIS - Tennessee State (196?-197?) Played in ABL with Saperstein's Chicago Majors MCKINLEY "DEACON" DAVIS - Iowa (195?-19??) TOMMY DAVIS - Long Beach State ALBERT DIXON - Scott High, Toledo, OH (19??-19??) REGGIE "AIR MAN" DIXON - Niagra (1986-current) OVIE DOTSON - (197?-19??) JAMES DOUGHTY - MICHAEL DOUGLAS - Dyersburgh State (1986-93) ROBERT DOWERY - WALTER DUKES - Seton Hall (1954-56) Long-time NBA center left college early for two years with Trotters before joining New York BILL DUMPSEN - (195?-19??) Formed his own team, The Court Jesters based out of Long Island LOUIS "SWEET LOU" DUNBAR - U. of Houston (1976-199?) Current Trotters' Assistant Coach DWIGHT DURANTE - Catawba (196?-196?) GEORGE EASTER - SYDNEY EDWARDS - Coppin State (196?-19??) GREENE FARMER - GUS FINNEY - Detroit Cass Tech, Detroit, MI (193?-194?) JACKIE FITZPATRICK - (196?-19??) Played in ABL with Saperstein's Chicago Majors STERLING FORBES - Pepperdine (196?-19??) WILLIAM FORD - REGGIE "THE REGULATOR" FRANKLIN - (198?-19??) ROBERT FRAZIER - WILLIAM "RAZOR" FRAZIER - LLOYD GABOUREL - PAUL GAFFNEY - Tennessee Wesleyan (1993-current) DAVID GAINES - Lemoyne Colleg (196?-196?) ERIN GALLOWAY - Hawaii LEE GARNER - "WEE" WILLIE GARNER - Crispus Attucks High, Indianapolis (1954-57) LIONEL GARRETT - Southern U. (198?-19??) TIM GARRETT - New Mexico (199?-199?) WILLIAM "POP" GATES - Franklin High, New York (1950-55) Hall of Famer form Renaissance Five member was player/coach of Harlem for the last 5 years of his career SAMMY GEE - Miller High, Detroit, MI (194?-19??) DEVEAN GEORGE - Augsburg College (1998-99) BOB GIBSON - Creighton (1957-58) Went on to baseball HOF career with St. Louis Cardinals J.C. GIPSON - Thomas Jefferson High, Los Angeles (1952-196?) LEROY GIBSON - Florida A&M (195?-195?) Played with Baltimore in NBA. Played in ABL with Saperstein's Chicago Majors THOMAS GIBSON - HENRY GILL - KENNETH GLENN - GEORGE GRAY - CARL GREEN - South Carolina State (19??-19??) JOSH GRIDER - Tennessee State (19??-19??) Played on first tour of Europe in 1952 and said to have hung the "lark" on Meadowlark. WILLIE GRIFFIN - EUGENE GUTTER - ROBERT "SHOWBOAT" HALL - Miller High, Det, MI (1947-74) BARRY "HIGH RISE" HARDY - (199?-19??) CLEVELAND HARP - MILLARD HARRIS - Winston-Salen St. Played in ABL with Saperstein's Chicago Majors CHARLES "TEX" HARRISON - North Carolina Central (1952-19??) Current Head Coach of Trotters CONNIE HAWKINS - Boys & Girls High/Iowa (1963-67) LEROY HAWKINS - MARQUES HAYNES - Langston U. (1946-53 & 1972-79) Hall of Famer whose college team beat Trotters 74-70 his senior year. Left in 1953 to form his own team, Harlem Magicians CARL HELEM - Tennessee State (1948-55) DAVID HICKS - ED HICKS - ???? (199?-199?) Current head of World Beach Basketball OTIS HILL - LEON HILLARD - Came to Trotters out of high school in Chicago somewhere around 1950 & played until early 1970's Chicago McKinley High - graduated in January 1950 (Up until the very early 60s, Chicago schools had split years, and many players graduated at the end of the first semester, including Clifton and Johnny Kerr) DOUGLAS HIMES - Prarie View A&M EXREE HIPP - Maryland (1998-current) BILLY RAY HOBLEY - (197?-19??) LEE HOLMAN - (197?-19??) CHARLES HOLTON - GARY HOOKER - JAMES HORNE - JOHN HOWARD - CHARLES HOXIE - Niagara 50s HAROLD HUBBARD - Clark College,(19??-19??) EUGENE HUDGINS - ROOSEVELT HUDSON - VINCENT HUMPHREY - ED HUNT - ROBERT "ZORRO" HUNTER - Delaware State (196?-19??) MCCOY INGRAM - Jackson State ALVIN JACKSON - Southern U. (198?-198?) BEN JACKSON - Tennessee State (195?-19??) INMAN JACKSON - Wendal Phillips High, Chicago, IL (1929-43) Played for 1940 World Champions. Early innovator of the "Magic Circle" & Pivot in the weave, worked with them in some capacity until his death in 1973 "JUMPIN'" JACKIE JACKSON - Virginia Union (196-197?) NYC playground legend MANNIE JACKSON - Illinois (1960-19??) Current owner of team MATTHEW "SHOWBIZ" JACKSON - Savannah State (1988-current) MIKE JACKSON - RON JACKSON - Clark College (196?-19??) MAX JAMESON - Kentucky State (1957-19??) Played in ABL with Cleveland Pipers JESSE JAMISON III - ALBERT JOHNSON - ANDY JOHNSON - Portland (1954-58) Went on to play in the NBA CLEO JOHNSON - HAROLD "KILLER" JOHNSON - Morgan State (196?-19??) CURLY "BOO" JOHNSON - Loras College (1988-current) HAROLD "KILLER" JOHNSON - Morgan State (196?-19??) LESTER "LUSCIOUS LESTER" JOHNSON - Wendall Phillips High, Chicago, IL (1927-19??) Original Trotter LUTHER JOHNSON - COLLINS JONES - (1947-19??) ERNEST JONES - WILLIAM JONES - ROSCOE JULIAN - BOB KARSTENS - Iowa (1942-43) - White Trotter who played during WW II HENRY KEEN - Tennessee State (194?-19??) JUNIUS KELLOG - Manhattan College (1953-54) Honest player who broke the fixing scandal his career ended when he was paralyzed in a traffic accident WALTER KENNEDY - OTIS "O.K." KEY - Lincoln College (1998-current) BOUDREAU KING - EZELL KING - (195?-195?) Played for the Orioles in the Negro Leagues in the 1950's WILBERT KING - (194?-19??) Played in the win over the Minneapolis Lakers ROBIN KIRKSEY - Loyola-Marymount JOHN KLINE - Wayne State (1953-59) BOBBY KNIGHT - RONALD KNIGHT - HERMAN "HELICOPTER" KNOWINGS - New York City, (196?-19??) Playground high-riser of legendary feats ALBERT LACK - FLOYD LANE - CCNY (195?-195?)- Part of the CCNY team banned for gambling HERBET LANG - Centenary (1999- current) GRANVILLE LASH - DAVE "BIG DADDY" LATTIN - Texas Western (1969-19??)- Member of 1966 NCAA Champions EDMOND LAWRENCE - McNeese State (197?-19??) "BUNNY" LEAVITT - ??? (1930's) Played some with them as first real white player (excluding Saperstein) and mainly put on free throw exhibitions NORMAN LEE - THEODIS "WOLFMAN" LEE - U. of Houston (196?-197?) Played in two Final Fours with Elvin Hayes at Houston GEORGE MEADOW "MEADOWLARK" LEMON - Williston High, Wilmington, NC/Florida A&M (1954-79)- Took over job as "lead clown" in Mid-50's and became synonymous with team. Left to form his own team in 1979 ELZIE LEWIS - ROBERT LEE LITTLE - OSBORNE LOCKHART - Minnesota (197?-198?) BYRON "FATS" LONG - Wendall Phillips High, Chi, IL (1927-19??)- Original Trotter THOMAS LONG - LICKY LLOYD - RAY LOTHERY - Macomber High, Toldeo OH EMERY LUSK - PAYTON LUMPKIN/PAXTON LUMPKIN - Chicago DuSable High legendary 1954 team - went to Indiana for two years, left school and joined Trotters until late 60s early 70s WILLIE MALONE - EVERETT MANSELL - New Orleans, LA (194?-194?) FRED MARBERRY - Illinois State (19??-19??) MIKE MARSHALL - BOBBY JOE MASON - Bradley (1962-197?) ELMER "STRING BEAN" MARTIN - Arkansas (1995-current) Played for Hogs' 1994 NCAA champion & 1995 runner-up teams KENNY MCBRIDE - Wisconsin-Stout (194?-195?) GRADY MCCOLLUM - W. Illinois (1960s) Played in ABL with Hawaii Chiefs and Long Beach Chiefs EURAL MCKELVEY - Illinois (1959-65) JOSEPH MCRAE - WILLIAM MEGGETT - MATTHEW MERRITT - BOBBY MILTON - HOWARD MITCHELL - THOMAS MITCHELL - HOWARD MONTGOMERY - Texas-Pan American (196?-196?) DONALD "DUCKY" MOORE - ??? (194?-195?) LEGOLIAN "BOOTS" MOORE - Grambling DAVID NASH - Scouted by Inman Jackson sometime prior to 1970 but no idea how long before DAVID NAVES - FRED "CURLY" NEAL - Johnson C. Smith U. (1963-85) One of the nation's leading scorers in his senior year. Shooter and dribbler extraordanaire. JOHN NETHERLY - EATHAN O'BRYANT - Nevada (1996-current) MANNY OLIVER - WILLIS "KID" OLIVER - Wendall Phillips High, Chicago, IL (1927-19??) - Original Trotter ROBERT "BABY FACE" PAIGE - Houston Baptist (197?-19??) FRED PEARSON - ERVELL PERRY - West Virginia State (195?-19??) TONY PEYTON - Scott High, Toledo, OH (194?-19??) SILAS PHELPS - REGGIE PHILLIPS - Cal-State Bakersfield (1995-current) "TINY" PINDER - (197?-19??) NC State - very late 70s ROBERT POWELL - LOUIS "BABE" PRESSLEY - (194?-195?)- Long-time Trotter played in win over Minneapolis Lakers and on first tour of Europe. AL PRICE - Waite High, Toledo, OH BERNIE PRICE - Scott High, Toledo, OH (1932-42) CHARLES PRIMUS - AL "RUNT" PULLINS - Wendall Phillips High, Chicago, IL (1927-19??)- Original Trotter and first "dribbler/showman" RANDOLPH RAMSEY - Wendall Phillips High, Chicago, IL (1927-19??)- Original Trotter JOHNNY RHODES - Maryland (1999-current) LARRY "GATOR" RIVERS - (196?-198?) BAILEY ROBERTSON - Crispus Attucks High, Indianapolis, IN (195?-19??) The Big O's brother PABLO ROBERTSON - Loyola-Chicago (1963-197?)- A great dribbler who played on the Ramblers' NCAA Champions. WALTER ROBERTSON - DOUG ROBINSON - ERMER ROBINSON - San Diego High, SD, Cal (1942- 195?)- hit the game-winning shot Trotters' win over the Minneapolis Lakers JAMES "TIM" ROBINSON - OLIVER ROLLINS - WILLIAM ROSEBOROUGH - HARRY RUSAN - DETROIT, MI (1930ish) JAMES "TWIGGY" SANDERS - Johnson C. Smith (1975-19??) WOODY SAULDESBERRY - Texas Southern (1962-64) One-time NBA Rookie of the Year SAM SAWYER - JACK SCOTT - JOHN SCOTT - THOMAS SEALY - SAM SHARPE - CLIFFORD SHEGOGG - Colorado State early 70s ANDREW SHEPARD - MURPHY SIMMONS - CLYDE "THE GLIDE" SINCLAIR - North Carolina Central (1988-current) HARRY SINGLETON - Seton Hall CLARENCE SMITH - Villanova (197?-197?) GEORGE "SONNY" SMITH - GERALD SMITH - HERBERT SMITH - HOWARD SMITH - JOHN FORD SMITH - Arizona?? (194?-19??) Head of Arizona Human Rights Commission in the 1970's JOHN H. SMITH - Phoenix, AZ?? (19??-197?)- Active during Trotters' "strike"; father head of Arizona Human Rights Commission and former Trotter THOMAS SPENCER - LARRY SPICER - UAB 1980s FRANK STEPHENS - Virginia Union (1965-1971)- Spokesman during Trotters' "strike" HARRISON STEPTER - GEORGE STEVENSON - JACKIE STEVENSON - ALBERT STIRRUP - Shaw U. (196?-19??) LEE ANDREW STOGLIN - FRANK STREATY - WILLIAM STRINGFELLOW - Houston OTHELLO STRONG - (1949-195?) TED STRONG - South Bend/Chicago (1937-48) HARRY SYKES - Kentucky State (195?-195?) became Mayor Pro Tem of Lexington, KY in early 1970's REECE "GOOSE" TATUM - Washington High, ??? Ark (1942-54)- Lead clown also excellent player who held set several arena scoring records during his Trotter career (Chicago Stadium-55 & S.F. Cow Palace-64). Also played 1st base for Birmingham Barons of the Negro Leagues HARRY "TREES" TAYLOR - HERMAN "HONEY" TAYLOR - (194?-195?) FRED THOMAS - WILLIAM THOMAS - Tennessee State (195?-19??) DALLAS THORNTON - (197?-19??) Ky Wesleyan ALBERT TUCKER - Memphis State (19??-19??) JAMES TUCKER - BILL TUPELO - (1927-19??)- Original Trotter ROMAN TURMAN - Clark College (195?-195?) HERSHELL TURNER - Nebraska (196?-19??), Played in ABL with Saperstein's Chicago Majors and the Hawaii Chiefs JOHN TURNER - GOVERNOR VAUGHN - Illinois (196?-196?) JERRY VENABLE - Kansas State played in early 70s WUN VERSHER - Arizona State (1993-current) ERNEST WAGNER - Wayne State (1954-67) LEROY WALKER - Benedict College (194?-19??) CHARLES "TINY" WARD - ANDY WASHINGTON - Howard U. (1927-1928) Original Trotter FRANK WASHINGTON - JAMES WATKINS - WILLIAM WATSON - Chicago, IL (1927-193?) Original Trotter JEROME WATTS - Beloit High, Beloit, WI (1936-19??) SAM WHEELER - (1947-5?)- Center for around a decade, his knee injury opened the door for Meadowlark JACKIE KOGAN WHITE - VINCENT WHITE - CHARLES WHITEMAN JR. - ANTHONY "TONY" WILCOX - Wittenburg (1960s) Played in ABL with Saperstein's Chicago Majors KENNY WILLIAMS - ROBERT WILLIAMS - SEAN WILLIAMS - Cal-State Fullerton CLARENCE "CAVE" WILSON - Tennessee State (19??-19??) Played on first tour of Europe "JUMPIN" JOHNNY WILSON, ANDERSON - College (1952-19??) First African-American Mr. Basketball in Indiana MICHAEL "WILD THING" WILSON - Memphis (1996-current) Explosive leaper who has dunked on an 11'11" goal. WILLIAM WILSON - Virginia Union (195?-19??) JACKSON WINTERS LYNNETTE WOODARD - Kansas (1985-87) First female Trotter ROBERT "SONNY" WOODS - BRUCE WRIGHT - DAVID WRIGHT - WALTER "TOOTS" WRIGHT - Wendall Phillips High, Chicago, IL (1927-19??) - Original Trotter WILLIAM YANCEY - Not sure... is this the same Bill Yancey of Rens lore? CHARLES YOUNG - VERTES ZIEGLER -